Center Junction vs Oxford Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Center Junction and Oxford Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Junction and Oxford Junction are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oxford Junction has the higher population (447 vs 125 in Center Junction). Oxford Junction has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $32,679 in Center Junction). Oxford Junction has the higher median home value ($66,700 vs $57,800 in Center Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
Population	125	447
Median age	60.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,679	$61,250
Median home value	$57,800	$66,700
Median gross rent	—	$793
Housing units	86	212
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
Population	118 → 125 (+5.9%)	442 → 447 (+1.1%)
Median household income	—	$53,125 → $61,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $57,800 (-1.7%)	$52,500 → $66,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $933 (+12.4%)	$639 → $793 (+24.1%)

Center Junction

Population

118125

Median home value

$58,800$57,800

Median gross rent

$830$933

Oxford Junction

Population

442447

Median household income

$53,125$61,250

Median home value

$52,500$66,700

Median gross rent

$639$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
Under 5	5.6%	9.6%
5 to 17	5.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	17.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.7%
75 and over	30.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	66.3%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
Drove alone	100.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Center Junction	Oxford Junction
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938